Mission: To preserve, catalog and celebrate the signage, architecture, and graphic sensibilities characteristic of the period from around 1930 to 1970.
And to have a good ol' time doing so.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Dupo, IL: A new perspective

This has nothing to do with anything, really, but it's too good to pass up.

This morning I was doing a little research at the library in Dupo, IL. The only other person there besides the librarians was a normal-lookin' dude with a shaved head, sitting at one of the computer terminals. After I'd been reading a local-history book for a few minutes, I glanced over and noticed that this fellow had draped himself over a chair and was just hanging there upside down, feet in the air, giggling intermittently. This went on for a good fifteen minutes.

Eventually, an older gentleman came in to drop off a book and asked one of the librarians "Is that young man all right?" She sort of laughed it off, but then called the upside-down patron by his name and told him to cut it out. He righted himself, still giggling a little, and walked toward the desk. "What on earth were you doing?" she asked him.

About Me

When I'm not investigating all things esoteric and/or archaic, I host "Rocket 88"--a mix of old and new pop, rock and soul, both popular and obscure--from 6 to 8 a.m. Thursday on KDHX FM 88.1 in St. Louis. Out-of-towners can tune in on the net: www.kdhx.org!